Command Reference Guide

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chassisName

Displays or sets the chassis name.

SYNOPSIS chassisname [name]

DESCRIPTION Use this command to display or change the name associated with the chassis.

Use this command without parameters to display the current chassis name. Use this command with the

name operand to assign a new chassis name.

NOTES The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in

place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for

details.

OPERANDS This command has the following operand:

name

Specify a new name for the chassis, optionally in double quotation marks. A

chassis name can include up to 31 characters. A chassis name must begin with a

letter, and can consist of letters, numbers, underscore or hyphen characters.

Spaces are not permitted.

EXAMPLES To change the chassis name to "dilbert":

switch:admin> chassisname dilbert

switch:admin> chassisname

dilbert